Pasta

Christmas dinner was a success - Mindy got her fill of turkey and Andrew didn't eat it all in one sitting. The day started off with eggs benedict, then present opening and then dinner. On boxing day we decided to make some homemade pasta using my pasta maker that I've yet to use. We found a nice recipe for agnolotti - a meat and cheese stuffed ravioli served with mushrooms and a little grated parmigiano-reggiano. First Mindy and I made the dough from scratch, making a well of flour and cracking eggs into the middle, then combining and kneading for 10 minutes. We ended up saving half the dough for later since there was just too much. The agnolotti were very delicate and the filling very tasty. I will make that again. Yesterday we used the left over dough to make fettucini noodles which we served with some tomato sauce as a light lunch. All in all it is a bit time consuming to make your own noodles but the tooth/texture is excellent.